Independent Living Day Returns April 26

By SHANNON HICKS

Published: Apr 11, 2008 12:00 am

Newtown Youth & Family Services will sponsor the ninth annual Independent Living Day on Saturday, April 26. Independent Living Day provides help to senior citizens with projects requiring physical assistance.

From 9:30 am until 3 pm that day volunteers will visit the homes of senior citizens who could use some help with their spring cleaning chores. Duties range from painting, yard work, and gardening to window washing, installing screen windows, and other indoor duties, or even running errands.

Shifts are broken into morning and afternoon hours.

âThis day of volunteering is a wonderful opportunity for families to work together on something meaningful,â suggested Sheila Russo, the operations manager at NYFS.

To volunteer or for additional information about Independent Living Day, contact Newtown Youth & Family Services at 270-4335 or visit the NYFS office at 17 Church Hill Road.

Senior citizens who would like the have volunteers visit them on April 26 are also encouraged to contact NYFS, again either with a phone call or a visit to the office. Those who are looking for help should contact NYFS by Monday, April 21.

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Ned, please familarize yourself with 8-30G, and then please share the unique flaws that may be helpful in formulating a denial An 8-30g project can be denied only on very narrow grounds – i.e., if it presents health, safety or other concerns that exceed a town’s need for affordable housing. According to the TOG website, “projects cannot be rejected for incompatibility with a Town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD); density; traffic congestion; height; aesthetics; concerns of neighbors or the community; and failure to comply with local zoning regulations.” 8-30g proposals are rarely denied by planning and zoning officials because the burden of proof on appeal is on the town. Appeals are costly, but a municipality can be successful in a court case if it has sufficiently established that the concerns leading to denial are factual and substantive.

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